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  • Five Political Predictions for 2019

    Five Political Predictions for 20190

    It’s the end of the year, that time when most political prognosticators have to eat crow and admit that their predictions were wildly off the mark. I’ve had to mournfully admit fault myself: my biggest recent error was my dismissive attitude toward Senator Bernie Sanders when he announced his presidential candidacy. Still, such prognosticating is pretty

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  • New York Rings in New Year by Offering Gender-Neutral Birth Certificates

    New York Rings in New Year by Offering Gender-Neutral Birth Certificates0

    New York City residents may now change their birth certificates to reflect a neutral gender identity after an October bill took effect after the new year. The New York City Council first passed the bill in September allowing any adult living in the city to change his or her gender to “X” on their birth certificate. The

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  • Three Selfish Reasons Not to Divorce in 2019

    Three Selfish Reasons Not to Divorce in 20190

    Americans have just celebrated Christmas and we’re about to celebrate New Year’s Eve. But did you know there’s an unofficial holiday coming up on January 7? It’s called Divorce Monday. That’s the first Monday after New Year’s, and every year it has the dubious distinction of seeing a spike in the number of divorce filings.

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  • Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary

    Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary0

    January 1 will mark 60 years since Fidel Castro’s seizure of power. How are we to assess this long period, especially from the perspective of the average Cuban citizen? The fact that Cuba used to be one of the richest countries of Latin America at the time of Castro’s revolution and is now one of its poorestought to

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  • When We Protected Women from the Wolves

    When We Protected Women from the Wolves1

    Okay, so with the holiday season coming to a close, we’ve now been through the entire dialectical sequence for the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Featured in the film Neptune’s Daughter, the song won an Oscar in 1950 and remained a popular standard for decades. That was the dialectical thesis. Then came the antithesis. More recently, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has been judged to be

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  • New Year’s Eve: Marxism-Lennonism Revisited

    New Year’s Eve: Marxism-Lennonism Revisited0

    The New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square will again this year feature John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” We thought this article, first published in 2017, would be worth revisiting today. Republishing it also affords us an opportunity to wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. Thank you for all of your support in 2018. We look

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